On Wednesday, veteran musician Stella Monye prescribed the amputation of hands for individuals who engage in the piracy of intellectual properties to curb the scourge.

Monye says that the drastic steps will help reduce piracy to the barest minimum.

She said;
“If their fingers are cut, they won’t see the hands to use in pirating the works.

Cutting their fingers off will stop them, by the time you cut off two people’s fingers others will stop. They will learn and it will be faster in stopping them; without a drastic measure they won’t stop.

Taking them to court to be fined N10, 000 will not deter them. They will pay and come out to continue.”

On how piracy affects musicians: “You become a pauper because of your pirated works, they impoverish you.

What is more wicked than pirating someone’s intellectual property and making the person suffer without getting anything from all the money he invested in the works.

We have been saying a lot about piracy but the authorities have not done much for it to be stopped.”

Wow.. that sounds very drastic…. more like really vengeful. There should be better ways to reduce piracy problems….. perhaps increase the fine and duration in jail or other severe ways that does not include amputation…. That should help in curtailing it.. Mehn, the heart of man is desperately evil… Chai… it is well.

“What is more wicked than pirating someone’s intellectual property and making the person suffer without getting anything from all the money he invested in the works.”

I’ll tell you what is more wicked for starters – suggesting that people’s fingers be cut off.
I don’t even know any of her songs.When people say “veteran” I think of Onyeka Onwenu, King Sunny Ade, Christy Essien Igbokwe. There’s even Victor Olaiya, Shina Peters, Oliver d Coque, bright Chimezie…the names keep coming and yet I’m still trying to figure out who this woman is.